The entire computing world at one time was strictly proprietary. In other words, the election to use one piece of software or hardware dictated the requirement to get additional expansion and support from the single provider for the lifetime of that purchase.
- By Steve Fisher
- Sep 01, 2014
Rob Lydic spends a lot of time traveling around the upper Midwest and Northwest, heralding the needs of security, proper equipment and how dealers can make more money in their own businesses.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 01, 2014
Most of us have been at the end of a project when the owner/ client asks the popular question: “When does the one-year warranty begin?” The answer becomes one of the most debated topics, only second to the end-of-project, door-locking hardware debacle.
- By Charlie Howell
- Sep 01, 2014
Idesco Corp. started in the security business in the early 1940s. They began with ID badging for the Department of the Army. Well, times have changed, a lot, in the past seven or eight decades but one constant is that Idesco is still involved in security.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 01, 2014
Consumers’ expectations about their shopping experience at brickand- mortar, retail stores are changing. Mobile devices allow consumers to find any information they need with just a few clicks of a button, and this sense of immediacy has spread to how they shop.
Some of the most satisfying applications of sophisticated security technologies have little to do with security. Today, biometric identity management plays a critical role in delivering necessary vaccines to children in the developing world.
- By Bill Spence
- Sep 01, 2014
With the introduction of IP cameras, system integrators have experienced big improvements in the quality and performance of video systems that can be offered to their customers.
- By Richard L. Malstrom
- Sep 01, 2014
A little-known data collecting process by Google can be switched off.
- By Matt Holden
- Aug 29, 2014
Provides security dealers with a hassle-free upgrade to IP video.
Guide covers waking effectiveness, low frequency requirements, occupancy and building code impact, system applications and more.